Transcript Request Form

Name

Email Address

Disability Accommodation?

Disability Accommodation?

Yes No

Affiliation

We've received your request

You will be notified by email when the transcript and captions are available. The process may take up to 5 business days. Please contact cornellcast@cornell.edu if you have any questions about this request.

The urge to eat clay, starch, ice and chalk has been a phenomenon among humans, particularly women, for a very long time. Nutritional scientist Sera Young discussed her new book, "Craving Earth: Understanding Pica--the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk," November 3, 2011 as part of Mann Library's Chats in the Stacks series.

Dr. Young's research seeks to understand why some people engage in this curious behavior and to shed light on the properties possessed by non-food substances associated with pica.